Canadians in the United Kingdom

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Canadians in the United Kingdom
Total population
Canadian-born residents
72,518 (2001 Census)
82,000 (2009 ONS estimate)
Regions with significant populations
Catholicism · Anglicanism · Methodism
Judaism · Islam • Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Canadian diaspora and British Canadians

Canadians in the United Kingdom, or Canadian Britons, are people from

Canadians in the United States and Canadians in Hong Kong.[4]

History

Britain, and especially London, for a long time served as the

Commonwealth high commissions and those owned by the Canadian banks, the most Anglocentric newspaper was owned by a Canadian, and the best theatre productions starred Canadian actors (in American productions).[5][6]

Politics

Hamar Greenwood was a Canadian-born politician who served as a cabinet minister in the Lloyd George ministry.

Bonar Law was a Canadian-born politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and additionally held many other government offices including Secretary of State for the Colonies, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Privy Seal.

Lord Beaverbrook was a Canadian-born businessman and politician who served as a cabinet minister in the Churchill ministry during the Second World War.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original
    (XLS) on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Born abroad: Countries of birth: Canada". bbc.co.uk. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign country of birth (Table 1.3)". Office for National Statistics. September 2009. Archived from the original (ZIP) on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Canadians Abroad: Canada's Global Asset" (PDF). Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. 2011. p. 12. Retrieved 23 September 2013. See also Canadian diaspora
  5. . Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  6. ^ Billington, Michael (6 December 2004). "Ronald Bryden". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011.